JIm I agree that the Deutsches Museum is an amazing, must-see destination. I had no idea they had a gasifier there, when I visited in 1998 I did not know what a gasifier was. It's so great that you've been able to get a close look at it and possibly an even closer look today.
One part of the Deutsches Museum that impressed me was a display of several different water wheels and turbines. By reading the placards you can get a very tangible feel for the evolution in power density, if memory serve me correctly from under a hundred horsepower to several tens of thousands, all of roughly comparable size (man-sized to perhaps 10 feet) but different designs. I've never seen the Saturn V but if you were impressed with it as a rough and simple but nevertheless working piece of high tech, you should also keep an eye out for the BMW turbojet in the D-M from during the war (1943 seems to come to mind). If you do get a chance to try the beer I strongly recommend one specifically. Go to Augustiner at Neuhauser Straße 27 and have a litre of their Helles. Of all the beers I tasted in Munich over three days in 2004 this one was the best by quite a margin, and a beersnob friend of mine concurs. In fact this beer inspired me to brew over twenty batches of my own, and a Munich Helles made in the manner of Augustiner Helles has become my personal trademark beer. -- - Daniel Fredericton, NB Canada
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